darth_ender said:

L*4f

P*6g

The larger variants take far too long to play and do not have drops, which is what interests me most about shogi. They are closer to chess in that a captured piece is permanently removed. The smaller variants have some interesting rules that keep them challenging in spite of their size, yet they still go pretty quickly. Tori shogi is pretty popular, but I want to wait to try that one till we've tried smaller ones, as I hope to get some quick games in, and tori is probably a bit longer than the others. These are the games I'd like to try and the order I suggest we play them:

Judkin's shogi 6x6
Goro goro shogi 5x6
Kyoto shogi 5x5
Mini shogi 5x5
Micro shogi 4x5
Tori shogi 7x7
Chu shogi 12x12

Some of these will be quick and I'd probably like to play a few rounds of them. But chu will definitely take a long time, when we eventually get to it.

Sounds good. Kyoto, Micro, and Tori Shogi are not included in the BCM Games Shogi, but the other ones are so we can commence a game of Judkin Shogi once we're done this game.